DL5479Delta Air Lines · CVG → DTW
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL5479 Cincinnati / CovingtonCVG · 08:05 DetroitDTW · 09:18

DL5479 by Delta Air Lines flies from Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) to Detroit (DTW) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowDeparts today · today · as of 06:03
08:05

departs CVG · on schedule

⚖ DL5479 typically leaves +10 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+12 gate · −21 arrival
10-29
+13 gate · −13 arrival
10-28
+4 gate · −25 arrival
10-27
+5 gate · −12 arrival
10-26
+4 gate · −22 arrival
10-25
+8 gate · −24 arrival
10-24
+33 gate · +2 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −17 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CVGCincinnati / CovingtonOn-time likelyCVG delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
CVG→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at CVG and DTW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Cincinnati / Covington to Detroit with Delta Air Lines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.2%0.7× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Cincinnati / Covington to Detroit flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5307departs 06:04
DL5302departs 10:52
DL4629departs 11:00
DL5365departs 14:12
DL5257departs 14:18
DL5446departs 16:00

If DL5479 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Cincinnati / Covington to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CVG local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How DL5479 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5479 across the CVG and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL5479 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-30CVG 08:05 08:17 (+12)DTW 09:18 08:57 (−21)
10-29CVG 08:05 08:18 (+13)DTW 09:18 09:05 (−13)
10-28CVG 08:05 08:09 (+4)DTW 09:18 08:53 (−25)
10-27CVG 08:05 08:10 (+5)DTW 09:18 09:06 (−12)
10-26CVG 08:05 08:09 (+4)DTW 09:18 08:56 (−22)
10-25CVG 08:05 08:13 (+8)DTW 09:18 08:54 (−24)
10-24CVG 08:05 08:38 (+33)DTW 09:18 09:20 (+2)
10-23CVG 08:05 08:13 (+8)DTW 09:18 08:54 (−24)
10-22CVG 08:05 08:20 (+15)DTW 09:18 09:05 (−13)
10-21CVG 08:05 09:55 (+110)DTW 09:18 10:34 (+76)
10-19CVG 08:05 08:28 (+23)DTW 09:18 09:11 (−7)
10-18CVG 08:05 08:11 (+6)DTW 09:18 08:55 (−23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N909XJ, N305PQ, N294PQ, N348PQ.

Board clocks recorded as CVG and DTW published them.

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